The NSA listed Cavium, an American semiconductor company marketing Central Processing Units (CPUs) – the main processor in a computer which runs the operating system and applications – as a successful example of a “SIGINT-enabled” CPU supplier. Cavium, now owned by Marvell, said it does not implement back doors for any government.
The NSA compromised lawful Russian interception infrastructure, SORM. The NSA archive contains slides showing two Russian officers wearing jackets with a slogan written in Cyrillic: “You talk, we listen.” The NSA and/or GCHQ has also compromised Key European LI [lawful interception] systems.
Among example targets of its mass surveillance program, PRISM, the NSA listed the Tibetan government in exile.
TLDR? Is this another “all CPU chips are CIA sponsored, gotta homebrew your own motherboard to be safe”
Duh , what do you think Intel IME doing or AMD PSP?
Tl;dr, 3 new revelations: